NMLP P-038547 · Point of issue · minted 2026-07-19
The Ballad of Reading Gaol
Oscar Wilde (published as 'C.3.3.') · Leonard Smithers, London · 1898
The second edition, printed 24 February 1898 in 1,000 copies from the retained first-edition plates, is identified by three tells — the limitation note on the reverse of the first leaf is omitted, the copyright date is changed to February 1898, and 'Second Edition' is printed on the reverse of the title page — so an unmarked title-page verso alone is not sufficient without the limitation note
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New Mexico Literacy Project — Point of issue NMLP P-038547 for "The Ballad of Reading Gaol" by Oscar Wilde (published as 'C.3.3.') (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-038547, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).